Shadow Girl by Kate Ristau

Author:Kate Ristau [Ristau, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781948120043
Publisher: Not a Pipe Publishing
Published: 2018-02-19T22:00:00+00:00

Twelve

They ran all the way to the ferry and arrived just as it was taking off. Hennessy convinced a dockworker to let them onboard, and they snuck on just as the ropes were pulled in.

Áine’s side hurt, and Hennessy was breathing hard, her face bright red. They collapsed on a bench. Áine pulled out her waterskin. Hennessy took it and almost drained it, but passed it back with a few drops left. Áine finished it off and took the remains of the food from her sack and turned to pass it to Hennessy.

She was sound asleep.

Áine shoved the food back in her sack. She wasn’t hungry—Oberon could only imagine what she was. Empty, lost, angry, and hot—so hot. Sweat poured down her back. She stood up and stumbled toward the deck, needing to feel the cold ocean air on her cheeks.

It blasted into her, and she grabbed the rail. The ferry swayed against the crashing waves. She planted her feet and watched the shoreline retreat. The mist and fog had already enveloped the small island, like it had never even existed.

And just like that, everything she remembered, everything that tied her to the Shadowlands, was gone too. Áine’s chest ached with the profoundness and the suddenness of that loss. Her father. She hadn’t even thought he was alive. And in one devastating moment, he had given everything for her...when she could have been the one saving him. Now he was gone. Now there was nothing but ashes and shadows.

Without warning, the flames tore through her mind. They knocked her to her knees and left her gasping. She held onto the rail beside her and tried to take a breath, but the heat forced the air out of her lungs. Her fingers clenched and tore at her throat.

She couldn’t breathe. Couldn’t get enough air. Her vision grew hazy, the lights dimmed, and she collapsed.

The fire consumed her.

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